to Sha’ul as a traditional Jew who embraced Yeshua as the promised one. In Ephesus— The city was a thriving harbor of Asia Minor (modern Turkey). Being far from Israel, both in distance and in religious lifestyle, Ephesus was primarily a pagan city. It even boasted one of the wonders of the ancient world: the Temple of Diana. While this pagan influence is very observable in the biblical accounts, many forget that the earliest adherents to the Yeshua movement were from the significant Jewish community